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Soon-to-be vacant high school considered for Jefferson Hills community center site
A soon-to-be vacant school building could become the new home to a community center in Jefferson Hills. At a West Jefferson Hills School Board meeting March 26, representatives from Core Architects suggested using a portion of the existing Thomas Jefferson High School for the proposed community center. “What intrigues us...
Review: ‘Shazam!’ both comedy and sweet tale of heroic potentialVideo
“Why is my body changing?” That’s the unspoken cry of every teenager in every coming-of-age movie. It also happens to be the struggle of the reluctant superhero in “Shazam!,” the latest offering from the DC Comics Universe. Based on a character that first appeared in 1940 — and was originally...
Review: ‘The Best of Enemies’ follows uplifting movie formulaVideo
In a time and place where blacks and whites rarely cooperate, a Ku Klux Klan leader agrees to help lead public meetings on the subject of possible school desegregation. The process transforms his life — and, by the way, everyone else’s — in “The Best of Enemies.” Yes, this is...
Letter to the editor: Value of penmanship instruction
Tom Purcell’s column “Time to embrace cursive again” (Feb. 4, TribLIVE) poses an important question. Along with strong indications of value to be had, he points out that cursive instruction is being reconsidered by many educators. Rather than alphabet preference, consider ways handwriting instruction can help to improve language skills....
Letter to the editor: Facts on drugs
Letter-writer George A.West (“Ignoring facts,”) stated that most opioids are manufactured in the United States. While many legal prescription drugs are manufactured here, most illicit fentanyl — a major cause of fatal overdoses in the United States — is produced in China and transported through Mexico. Most of the world’s...
Letter to the editor: Separation of powers
Article 1 in our Constitution ensures that the Senate and Congress keep the separation of powers intact. A president trying to become authoritarian is courting fascism. When the majority of the people state that a border wall is not the answer, and it’s not wanted, and even the Senate has...
Here’s what’s going on around town: Thursday, April 4
Hello, Sewickley, The Sewickley Borough Shade Tree Commission will plant trees for the 2019 Spring Tree Planting beginning at 9 a.m. April 27. Volunteers should meet at 8:45 a.m. at the Public Works location on Washington Street, behind the Municipal Building, 601 Thorn St. All are welcome to participate. —...
Remember When: 1930
In the news this week 89 years ago: • The Glenfield Volunteer Fire Department was granted a charter, though the company had been organized in 1915 in the private home of W. M. Robinson. The current membership numbered 33, with six original members continuing to serve. The company had spent...
Steelers to hit the hardwood at La Roche University for charity
The Pittsburgh Steelers Footballers Basketball team will take on the LLS Stompers in a basketball game fundraiser April 26 at La Roche University in McCandless to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapter. The game will be held at the La Roche University Kerr...
Donald Boudreaux: Conversation with a young socialist
Recently near my office at George Mason University I ran into a student of mine who was showing his friend around campus. The friend is thinking of transferring from Radford University to George Mason. The friend — call him “Jack” — wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the famous image of...
Aquinas Academy student shines at Science, Engineering Fair
Franklin Park resident Liam Ellis, an eighth grader at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh, located in Hampton, placed second at Carnegie Science Center’s Covestro Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair in the category: Medicine/Health/Biochemistry – Junior Division. His project was titled “The Bacteria Among Us: Do bathrooms have more germs than...
George Washington at Millers Run in 1784
Last month, the Bridgeville Area Historical Society presented a workshop on George Washington’s visit to Western Pennsylvania in 1784 as part of its “Second Tuesday” series. Following the cessation of hostilities in 1783, Washington returned to civilian life at Mt. Vernon. The estate there was an extremely valuable property, 8,000...
Freeport softball rallies to defeat rival Burrell
Freeport coach Sam Ross was hoping Emily Schmidt would come through with a big hit, just as she did last year in a section game against Deer Lakes. Schmidt obliged, hitting a two-run double to deep right center with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning. The big...
Penn State podcast: Bracket busters, Beaver Stadium memories and Blue-White preview
On this week’s show, Kevin helps teach the cast what a $250 bottle of beer tastes like (spoiler: not worth $250!), and the guys dig into a bracket-busting upsets in the Penn State Creamery’s Flavor Madness Tournament. Bracket-themed contests abound, as Champs in downtown State College battles to be named...
For families of fallen Pittsburgh officers, Stanton Heights anniversary marks ‘void that you can’t fill’
It’s April 4 again, but that doesn’t matter to Frances Kelly. Something each day takes her back to this date in 2009. Something makes her think of her son, Eric Kelly, and reminds her that he’s gone. Little inconveniences — getting a flat tire or needing to get the car...
How quiet Stanton Heights neighborhood tragically changed 10 years ago
Chris Shelton and Shawn Howering had never heard of Stanton Heights or the terrible events that happened there on April 4, 2009, when they moved to Pittsburgh from Baltimore in 2011. They had no idea when they started shopping for a house three years later that the one they picked...
Moon baseball, Seneca Valley softball lead Trib 10 power rankings
For the first time in the 2019 WPIAL baseball and softball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network presents the weekly Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the week of April 1 with overall records included. BASEBALL TRIB 10 1. Moon Tigers (4-0)...
High school scores, schedules for April 3, 2019
High Schools Baseball Wednesday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Section 3 Bethel Park 15, Brashear 0 (4 inn.) Canon-McMillan 12, Upper St. Clair 0 Peters Township 7, Baldwin 0 Class 5A Section 1 Fox Chapel 9, Kiski Area 1 Franklin Regional 11, Armstrong 1 (6 inn.) Gateway 21, Woodland Hills 6...
House chairman asks IRS for 6 years of Trump’s tax returns
WASHINGTON — A House committee chairman on Wednesday formally asked the IRS to provide six years of President Trump’s personal tax returns and the returns for some of his businesses as Democrats try to shed light on his complex financial dealings and potential conflicts of interest. The request by Massachusetts...
Joe Biden: I’ll be more mindful of respecting personal space
Former Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that his tendency toward physical displays of affection and encouragement has made some women uncomfortable, and he promised to be “much more mindful” of respecting personal space. “Social norms have begun to change. They’ve shifted,” the 76-year-old Biden said in a cellphone video...
Forget kibbles: U.S. sales of fresh pet food are soaring
DETROIT — Kibbles for Fido? Nope. These days he’s getting diced chicken with sweet potatoes and spinach. U.S. pet owners are increasingly feeding fresh food to their dogs and cats. Some order pre-proportioned meals of meat and vegetables or frozen raw meat online. Others find them in refrigerators at big...
Mark Cuban on immigration policy: ‘We’re being really, really, really stupid’
DALLAS — Tech billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wasn’t shy Tuesday night when asked about the country’s immigration policy. When it comes to recruiting and retaining the world’s best talent, he said, the country’s got it wrong. “Right now, we’re being really, really, really stupid by taking really,...
Penn State hires Marquette’s Carolyn Kieger as women’s basketball coach
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State hired Carolyn Kieger as its women’s basketball coach Wednesday after she led Marquette to three consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Kieger, a 2006 Marquette graduate, was 99-64 in five seasons with the Golden Eagles. The team reached the round of 32 the past two seasons, falling 78-76...
Republicans change Senate rules to speed nominations; leaders trade charges of hypocrisy
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday unilaterally changed the rules governing presidential nominations, a bitter escalation of the long-running dispute over the rights of the minority in a chamber once hailed for its bipartisan nature. The move, on a largely party-line vote of 51 to 48, will ease the confirmation...
Virginia Tech’s Buzz Williams lured to Texas A&M
Texas A&M hired Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams on Wednesday, luring him back to his home state to try to turn the Aggies into a basketball power. “The Buzz is Back,” Texas A&M tweeted from its official team account. Virginia Tech was 100-69 during Williams’ five-year tenure and went to...
